And to these municipal leaders, these 'modern' apartments in Cabrini-Green would be state-of-the-art and zoned for 'lower-incomes' or 'rent-control,' meaning that good, 'hard working' Americans, could finally find a home, especially disenfranchised minorities.
Hudson's stigma as a backwater has even stung the arts community despite zoning changes in Jersey City allowing artists to live in their studio spaces after improving them to comply with residential standards, even if other parts of the building do not.
The Gotham Gazette, published online each weekday, features thoughtful essays on topics varying from arts to zoning and provides useful resources for both policy devotees and novices.
Mr. Wolf, an architectural historian who runs an investment management company, said that zoning laws precluded using the house as an art museum.
Then, abruptly, reflecting an approach to zoning that makes Houston look like Zurich, there is an art cinema, an evangelical church and a store selling skimpy lingerie.
There your children can learn art from graffiti on state-owned land and discover the arcane language of zoning and density such as 'floor area ratio' or FAR.
In anticipation of zoning changes, developers have been buying old industrial buildings for use as art galleries and schools -- and possibly as residences if the changes are approved.
But when it comes to the less-exciting televised exploration of local affairs like zoning policy and energy, and the illumination of the area's arts institutions, KACV-TV is the only gusher in the field.
The Esplanade and the government's attention to the arts are only part of a review of the policies that have shaped Singapore since independence in 1965, from zoning restrictions to censorship.
Although Mr. Lichtenstein has filled his office at the development corporation with the trappings of an urban planner (zoning rules, aerial photos, land-use maps), he still thinks like the creative director of a performing arts group.
